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uneekwahn

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Ok .. Well, I've done a bit of research so far, and this is what I've found ..

The guys @ The Pits seem to think as long as the light is white (not purple tinged/yellow/blue) it's ok.

The Technical Department @ Welshpool have said its only ok as long as the kit has ADR approval.

Speaking with Philips Lighting in Sydney (who are about a month away from releasing a kit in Australia) have said that the ADR basically states:

Retro-fitting a halogen headlight with xenon globes requires that the headlights are self-levelling and self-cleaning.

I'm trying to hunt down the ADR to confirm this, but whats interesting is that all the latest Euro cars with xenon don't seem to match this criteria. It appears that the BMWs *DO* self-level, but they aren't self-cleaning.

So, it doesn't appear that they will be legal, but the chances of the pits picking you up on it are slim, and even if they do, the original halogen connections are a sinch to reconnect to put the old globes back in.

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HIDs are cooler than Halogens.

I have 2 cars with Xenons and both of them have different setup.

On 1 car the which is an older system, the high beam is separated from the main Xenon bulb. On the other (most of them going to Bi-Xenons) meaning they both use low and high beam on the same bulb.

All cars that came with xenon as standard (for my cars anyway) DO have self cleaning system and self leveling.

I will be getting another vehicle soon and will let you all know on the latest xenon setup which follows the direction of the car.

Oh, once on a xenon, I will never go back to Halogens.

Munich

PS: You can PM me to find out more about xenons :)

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r34

You know you shit listen to this person.

i has a kit in low beams and a kit in the high beams. the switch has bean modified so that the lows stay on when the high beams fire up. i have been pulled over twice and the cop did the white paper test and said have a good night with no problems.

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